Madaba | Jordan Day Toir And More

Madaba Day Tour.

Madaba Day Tour includes visiting churches in Madaba – Mount Nebo – Baptism site.

Start Time	Pickup - Drop Off Location	Sites	Tour Include	Tour Not include
08:00 AM	your Hotel in Amman - Dead Sea - Madaba .	Madaba -St George’s Church & Mosaic Map-Church of the Beheading of John the Baptist-Church of the Apostles-Mount Nebo- Baptism site.	Home / Hotel Pick-up and drop-off. English Speaking driver. A modern vehicle with AC.	Entry fees. Local Tour Guide. Travel Insurance. anything not mentioned otherwise is not included.

(Local Tour guide can be used if desired) From The Main Entrance, we are flexible about the Time.

Madaba is a combination of rural home life and a hot spot for religious tourism. Jordan Tour

Madaba is located 30 kilometres (19 miles) south-west of the capital Amman Jordan Tour

Known as the “City of Mosaics” Madaba is the cultural epicentre for Byzantine and Umayyad mosaics.and

Just a short distance from the capitol visitors are just a stone’s throw away from the holy monuments of religious iconography.

Madaba dates from the Middle Bronze Age.

During its rule by the Roman and Byzantine empires from the 2nd to the 7th centuries,

the city formed part of the Provincia Arabia set up by the Roman Emperor Trajan to replace the Nabataean kingdom of Petra.

The first evidence for a Christian community in the city,

with its own bishop, is found in the Acts of the Council of Chalcedon in 451, where Constantine,

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bostra (the provincial capital) signed on behalf of Gaiano, “Bishop of the Medabeni.”.

During the rule of the Islamic Umayyad Caliphate, it was part of the southern

district of Jund Filastin within the Bilad al-Sham province.

This rather modest 19th-century Greek Orthodox church houses a treasure of early Christianity.

Imagine the excitement in 1884 when Christian builders came across the remnants of

a Byzantine church on their construction site. Among the rubble, having survived wilful destruction, fire, and neglect,

the flooring they discovered wasn’t just another mosaic but one with extraordinary significance: to this day,

it represents the oldest map of Palestine in existence and provides many historical insights into the region.

This operational early-20th-century Roman Catholic church transformed into

an intriguing destination for visitors and pilgrims by the restoration of the ancient sites upon which it sits.

The gem of the complex is the Acropolis Museum, housed in the vaulted underbelly of the church.

Here a well dating to the Moabite era, 3000 years ago, is still operational.

This insignificant-looking church contains a remarkable mosaic dedicated to the Twelve Apostles.

The embroidery-like mosaic was created in AD 568 and is one of the few instances

where the name of the craftsman (Salomios) is included.

The central portion shows Thalassa, a female personification of the sea, surrounded by fish and slippery marine creatures.

Native animals, birds, flowers, fruit, and cherubic faces decorate the corners.

Housed in several old Madaba residences, this museum features a 6th-century mosaic depicting a naked satyr;

a saucy (and partly damaged) mosaic of Ariadne dancing with cymbals on her hands and feet;

and a mosaic in the courtyard depicting two rams tied to a tree – a popular image recalling Abraham’s sacrifice.

A small, dusty Folklore Museum is included in the admission price; it features jewellery, traditional costumes

and a copy of the Mesha Stele.

Some careful restoration and excavation in the early 1990s led to the creation of this open-air museum,

which houses a collection of ruins and fine mosaics from the Madaba area.because

The Church of the Virgin Mary is also included in the site; built in the 6th century

and unearthed beneath the floor of a private house in 1887, the church boasts a central mosaic, Jordan Tour

thought to date from 767, that is a masterpiece of geometric design.in addition to

and Madaba